1
as in hideous
unpleasant to look at
her first attempt at painting was pretty ugly—a portrait of her sister that was not at all flattering
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as in disgusting
causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment
an ugly suggestion for controlling the overpopulation of deer in the area
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an ugly scar
an ugly scene
an ugly truth
an ugly word
an ugly picture
an unattractive picture
an unlovely picture
an unpleasant picture
an unappealing picture
a hideous picture
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Recent Examples of ugly
The key comment, perhaps, comes in one moment from the Johnny Cash film, as Cash sits gloomily in the front seat of a car with Vic Tayback Leonard, planning their ugly caper.
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Following a bitter, ugly two-week trial and two days of deliberations, a federal jury decided that Eastern and the insurance carriers should pay Arnold $3,027,500 and Mihalek $1,137,500.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2025
The ugly scenes saw more than 200 people arrested as students protested Israel’s war in Gaza in response to the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks by Hamas that left more than 1,200 people dead.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2025
But after an ugly Game 1 loss to Minnesota on Saturday night, LA cannot afford to go down 0-2 with another loss on Tuesday night.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Following a bitter, ugly two-week trial and two days of deliberations, a federal jury decided that Eastern and the insurance carriers should pay Arnold $3,027,500 and Mihalek $1,137,500.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2025
The ugly scenes saw more than 200 people arrested as students protested Israel’s war in Gaza in response to the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks by Hamas that left more than 1,200 people dead.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2025
But after an ugly Game 1 loss to Minnesota on Saturday night, LA cannot afford to go down 0-2 with another loss on Tuesday night.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ugly
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Within the span of a few days, an innocuous speck can turn a loaf of bread from prime sandwich material into a hideous mass of blue-green fuzz—an appetite-killing sight if ever there was one.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
1 May 2025
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The Imperial City Sewers you’re meant to traverse while learning the basics of the game look hideous and vile.—
Jamal Michel,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The fridge was smelly and disgusting before it was replaced about a week later.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
21 Apr. 2025
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Vandalizing the State Republican Party's property with disgusting Nazi symbols while screaming about 'fascism' reveals these individuals are hypocrites, idiots, or both.—
Ewan Palmer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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There’s at least one major shoe that could drop — why devote an entire episode to the Gemstone origin story if that gold Bible isn’t going to pay off somehow? — but The Righteous Gemstones loves these grotesque, dysfunctional louts.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
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Removing their dark veils, the two expose their grotesque faces, their exaggerated makeup cracked, peeling and flaking off in chunks.—
Dave Quinn,
People.com,
24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City Before the turn of the year, Manchester City were stuck in an awful rut.—
Sam Tighe,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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Back when Michael Jordan owned the team, the Hornets once went 7-59 in a season so awful that a movie got made about it.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Apr. 2025
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Smears on non-sensor areas of the tiara are like bug debris on your hood, aesthetically unpleasing but not harmful.—
Eric Tegler,
Popular Mechanics,
1 Oct. 2019
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His side's inability to finish off the game against Burnley on the other hand was very unpleasing.—
SI.com,
SI.com,
1 Feb. 2018
Adjective
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Big, wonderful, funny, horrible, strange, sad, great life.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
1 May 2025
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One of our group hunted it on a rainy afternoon — traditionally a horrible time to bag a bird — and killed a 3-year-old tom. —A.M. Don’t Become Overly Reliant on Your Cameras Cameras aren’t magic.—
Andrew McKean,
Outdoor Life,
1 May 2025
Adjective
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Despite currently trading at around $10, Guess stock appears fundamentally unattractive.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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Germinated grass seed is usually unattractive to birds, although some birds are unpredictable, so the faster the seed germinates, the better.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Apr. 2025
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And once the sickening jolts of the combat takeoff had ended and Bui slowly grew accustomed to the noise and the pressure of the C-130, the taste of KFC stopped his crying.—
Jennifer Brookland,
Mercury News,
27 Apr. 2025
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To take but one example, the riots that convulsed swatches of England and Northern Ireland last year were fueled by social media accounts claiming sickening crimes by immigrants, amplified by right-wing accounts.—
David Robert Grimes,
Scientific American,
3 Apr. 2025
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